by Barry Creamer | Jul 13, 2022 | Devotionals
The intensity due a pinnacle of science and engineering’s juncture emerges in my grandson’s furrowed brow and pursed lips. Although only advising, I am as determined for him to succeed as he is to complete the eight stages of the NASA project—eight bags of Lego chaos...
by Daisy Reynolds | Jul 6, 2022
Barry shares some quotes from one of the most important books of the 20th century. Hannah Arendt leads us to look back at history to see the present more clearly. Book: The Origins of Totalitarianism, Hannah Arendt...
by Barry Creamer | Jul 6, 2022 | Devotionals
“Product sold by weight, not volume. Contents may settle during shipping.” The consumer notice itself is evidence that people have felt cheated finding the top third of their newly opened cereal box’s wax paper liner void of flakes, puffs, or biscuits. Despite first...
by Daisy Reynolds | Jun 29, 2022
Barry talks through a Psalm that applies to those who have ever known sorrow or distress. In it we learn that God is not only our refuge in those difficult times, but that he carries both us and our burdens to the cross in order to carry us through the resurrection....
by Barry Creamer | Jun 29, 2022 | Devotionals
First try: internal sense and eyeball; tap in the nails, hang it, step back, and nope, not level. Second: remove glasses for undistorted adjustment; rehang, step back, and still no. Third: spend 10 minutes finding level, 2 more finding pencil, mark the wall, rehang,...
by Barry Creamer | Jun 22, 2022 | Devotionals
In the front window of our home are myriad potted plants. My favorite container is cylindrical and tall—its height about twice its consistent diameter: not squat and flared upward like most. The pot’s patterned relief accentuates the contrast of its pale greens and...
by Daisy Reynolds | Jun 22, 2022
This episode rounds out the series on how to do more than battle the other side when it comes to the important issue of abortion. Barry points out some of those shared values, the best way to begin a conversation (by listening), and how a tiny step for the culture...
by Daisy Reynolds | Jun 15, 2022
In the second episode of the series, Barry invites us to see a few pro-life values in pro-choice arguments. Not possible, you say? Believe it or not (but we hope you do), there is more to being pro-choice than being pro-abortion, and there is more to being pro-life...
by Barry Creamer | Jun 15, 2022 | Devotionals
White Rock Lake lies less than a mile from my house. I walk, drive, or ride along its banks daily. Mallards are so common that runners and cyclists have to avoid colliding with hens fleeing from courting drakes or leading duckling broods. Other waterfowl include...
by Barry Creamer | Jun 8, 2022 | Devotionals
When the moon is waxing I occasionally set up my telescope to watch her pursue Apollo toward sunset. Dusky cerulean provides variety from the normally black backdrop of my nighttime lunar images, and should a high-flying bird or an airplane ever happen to cross the...
